Teddy bears and flowers on the rocks at Bicheno where Timothy Skinner and his son Connor Hart were swept to their deaths last year. Source: News Limited

A CORONER has urged Tasmanians to heed all safety advice when rock fishing and wear lifejackets to increase the chance of survival if big waves strike.

Coroner Olivia McTaggart has released her findings in relation to the drowning deaths of a father and son in Bicheno in June last year.

Timothy Skinner and his son Connor Hart, aged six, were swept off rocks while fishing with a mate during a trip to the seaside town to celebrate a friend’s birthday.

Ms McTaggart said there had been very few deaths in Tasmania as a result of rock fishing and there was already signage at most access points to the foreshore tracks around Bicheno warning of the dangerous conditions.

There was no signage at the specific access point used by the trio.

“However, it was plain on the evidence that they should not have been there in the prevailing conditions,” Ms McTaggart said in her findings.